ninety-fifth
Americanadjective
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next after the ninety-fourth; being the ordinal number for 95.
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being one of 95 equal parts.
noun
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a ninety-fifth part, especially of one (1/95).
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the ninety-fifth member of a series.
Example Sentences
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He tells Alex that he is in the ninety-fifth percentile in height.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
So if you wanted to go to the ninety- fifth floor, you’d just press the 95 button and the ninety-fifth floor would come to you.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
Dr. Alexander Anderson, the father of wood-engraving in this country, died in Jersey City, in 1870, a few weeks before his ninety-fifth birthday.
From Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
He has managed to survive his ninety-fifth year.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States, From Interviews with Former Slaves Virginia Narratives by Work Projects Administration
Susan Edmonds when in her ninety-fifth year recovered her black hair, but previously to her death at one hundred and five again became gray.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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